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Al Hirt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alois Maxwell Hirt, Jumbo, The Round Mound of Sound, Al (He's the King) Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader (1922–1999)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- All Time Greatest Hits
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Film & TV
Known for
- Touched by an Angel — Al Hirt1994
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
- Make Your Own Kind of Music — Himself1971
- Number One — Himself1969
- The Johnny Cash Show — Self1969
- What Am I Bid? — Al Hirt1967
- Fanfare1965
- Fanfare for a Death Scene — Reynaldo Mendel1964
- Kraft Suspense Theatre — Self - Musician1963
- Rome Adventure — Al Hirt1962
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- 303,438
- Total plays
- 1,409,984
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Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme song to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor Records, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.alhirt.com
- Image
- Al Hirt (1966).jpg
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- Commons category
- Al Hirt
- date of birth
- 1922-11-07
- date of death
- 1999-04-27
- cause of death
- liver disease
- nickname
- Al
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Al (He's the King) Hirt
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